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Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has joined other Nigerians to condemn the suspension of Daar Communications’ broadcast licence. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) had suspended the licence of Daar Communications, owners and ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to invoke relevant sanctions against states that fail to comply with the new minimum wage of N30,000 for workers. The vice president, Issa Aremu, said in Owerri, Imo State, that the states have ...

Experts in political economy have described Nigeria’s touted fiscal federalism as amputated. At the second annual Professor Pita Ejiofor Frontier Lecture in Management Sciences recently in Awka, Anambra State, they also espoused ways to ensure effective economic diversification in the ...

Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Igbo-Etiti Council of Enugu State have accused Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials of diverting their election duty allowance worth over N2.6 million. The corps members said the officials had been ...

Vice President of the IndustrialALL Global Union, Comrade Issa Aremu at the weekend advocated partnership for national development among relevant stakeholders for sustainable democracy in Nigeria. He urged states and the private sector to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s call for ...

Communities bordering Lagos and Ogun states have charged Governor Dapo Abiodun to address the plight of those whose only access road to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has become impassable due to years of abandonment. President of Arepo Central Community Development Association ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has advised men to always love and honour women and their wives, saying they were not subordinates but created by God as co-equals. Celebrating this year’s Fathers’ Day at the Aso Villa Chapel, State House, Abuja ...

Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has visited Kajuru where 66 people were reportedly killed on Friday and warned against politicising the issue. Spokesperson to the governor, Samuel Aruwan, stated that his principal was accompanied on the trip by the GOC ...

Former Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Peter Nwaoboshi (PDP Delta North) got a reprieve from arrest and other punitive actions being planned against him by the Special Presidential Investigation Panel (SPIP) for recovery of public property. ...

• Completion of $99m Ibadan dry port sacrosanct, says NSC boss The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has vowed to shut down the nation’s seaports over unpaid wages by International Oil Companies (IOCs). It issued a 14-day ultimatum to ...